01 Record
CVE-2011-2695
Multiple off-by-one errors in the ext4 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc5 allow local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) by accessing a sparse file in extent format
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Multiple off-by-one errors in the ext4 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc5 allow local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and system crash) by accessing a sparse file in extent format
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-07-28 22:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 23:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-07-11
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-193Off-by-one ErrorBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 78b6ff513e1bcf698c041b4345b84431ceb15c267c95b6268a578853df978325
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110715 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: ext4: kernel panic when writing data to the last block of sparse filehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/8
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f17722f917b2f21497deb6edc62fb1683daa08e6
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722557
- www.spinics.net[linux-ext4] 20110603 [PATCH 1/2] ext4: Fix max file size and logical block counting of extent format filehttp://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg25697.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110715 CVE Request -- kernel: ext4: kernel panic when writing data to the last block of sparse filehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/15/7
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/ChangeLog-3.0-rc5
- secunia.com45193http://secunia.com/advisories/45193